Chapter 139: Chapter 139 Diagnosing and Treating Rules_1 Chapter 139: Chapter 139 Diagnosing and Treating Rules_1 Lin Yue was somewhat surprised to see the Divine Doctor, who was dressed in a moon-white brocaded silk robe, with deeply etched features and an extraordinary bearing. He appeared to be only in his twenties, startlingly young. It was hard to imagine that the famous Divine Doctor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was such a handsome young man. According to the villagers, he was truly a celestial being. Even Lin Yue felt an unusual sense of inferiority in front of such a person.
“Doctor Zheng, you have arrived. This must be the Divine Doctor, please come in and have some tea in the house.”
Besides diagnosing some difficult and unusual diseases, Jiang Ziqi previously treated mostly the wealthy and powerful. It wasn’t that he strove for influence but rather that the common family could not afford the hundred-tael silver consultation fee. When Doctor Zheng found him and asked him to treat a hunter, Jiang Ziqi was both surprised and curious about what kind of family it was.
“Are you Lin Yue?” Upon seeing Lin Yue, Jiang Ziqi was undoubtedly taken aback. The woman in front of him had a graceful appearance, especially her spirited large eyes, and her demeanor was composed and generous. Although she only wore simple cotton clothes, she did not seem crude or low. Neither her age nor her temperament seemed to fit that of a rural farmer’s wife, and she seemed to be quite young, looking only about fourteen or fifteen years old.
“Yes, I am the one who troubled Doctor Zheng to invite the Divine Doctor. My husband encountered an accident and was seriously injured while hunting in the mountains two months ago. He has been unconscious ever since, and I hope the Divine Doctor can save him,” Lin Yue said earnestly. Dalang and the others also became very nervous when they saw the Divine Doctor. They dared not speak much and followed closely behind Lin Yue as she pleaded with the Divine Doctor.
“Please, Divine Doctor, save our father,” Dalang and his siblings had long heard that the Divine Doctor could cure Zhao Erhu and now they knelt before him all at once.
“These are your sons? You were able to give birth to such grown sons?” Jiang Ziqi had noticed the children following Lin Yue from the start. Hearing the children call the woman’s husband ‘father,’ he asked curiously, genuinely unable to believe that such a young woman could have several grown sons. However, Jiang Ziqi immediately thought of a possibility after posing the question and did not feel there was anything abrupt about it, looking at Lin Yue with further inquiry, as being straightforward and peculiar sometimes comes with being a Divine Doctor.
Lin Yue felt a bit embarrassed and thought to herself, “Divine Doctor, this doesn’t seem to have anything to do with treating diseases, does it?” But not knowing the temperament and character of the Divine Doctor, she dared not offend him, so she simply said, “I married my husband at the beginning of the year as a continuation of his previous marriage. The children were born to his former wife.”
“Ever since the Zhao Family’s husband had the accident, this young lady has been the one supporting the family and raising the children. She is indeed a rare virtuous person,” Doctor Zheng also felt that Jiang Ziqi’s question was somewhat inappropriate. Knowing little of the Young Master’s temperament and character other than that Jimin Hall belonged to the Jiang Family and other well-known facts. After all, it’s not unusual for a capable person to have peculiarities, especially since the Young Master has achieved so much at a young age. It was just important that the Young Master was willing to treat the Zhao Family’s husband, and to improve Lin Yue’s impression in front of Jiang Ziqi, Doctor Zheng spoke up in her support.
“I see. It’s rare indeed for a stepmother to do so much. Lin Yue, are you aware of the rules I have for treating patients?”
Lin Yue would have felt like cursing if it weren’t for needing his help. Still, she did not let her annoyance show and respectfully replied, “I am aware. Doctor Zheng has informed me that the Divine Doctor requires a hundred taels of silver upfront for treating a patient, and I have already prepared it.”
As she spoke, Lin Yue unfolded a hundred-tael silver note from her sleeve, flattened it, and placed it on the table next to where the Divine Doctor was seated.